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Folks who were rejected, also hate the school. [b]This is one reason the school is waitlisting so many kids now. They recognize the animus that might be generated from a rejection.[/b]

It's just intense jealousy[/quote]

Oh, here I thought Chicago putting 10,000 unqualified kids on a waiting list was another one of their deceptive marketing scams, or as Inside Higher Ed coined it "cruel and insane."

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2018/04/02/colleges-and-high-schools-again-debate-use-waiting-lists-admissions[/quote]

What UC does is to offer a gap year to waitlisted students as a condition.  Those who accept gap year are then locked in for the next year USNews yield stats.  This is one reason why Chicago's relatively high yield rate is deceptive.  (See College Confidential on Chicago waitlist practice.)  And with a very large waitlist, Chicago can pick and choose who they offer spots to, probably based academic and income stats.  [/quote]

Chicago's manipulative waitlist scheme is the same psychology behind gambling machines ALMOST giving you a jackpot. They want 10,000 plus gullible saps bragging to everyone they know that they almost got into Chicago, so all those gullible friends and more apply next year because they heard so and so almost got in. Pathetic weasels.[/quote]

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